Secure Axcess Sues Nintendo for Patent Infringement

Both Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc., along with a slew of other companies, are being accused of patent infringement by Secure Axcess, LLC,

The patent in question was issued February 18, 2003, and is for "a computer providing multiple display capability where one display presents the current document and another display may show a true display of a previously opened document."

Compensatory damages, costs, among other reliefs are what Secure Axcess is looking to gain for the companies selling the Wii U without license or authorization.

This isn't the first time Secure Axcess has taken legal action to Nintendo, either. Last January, the company summoned Nintendo for infringement for the very same patent as the new Wii U case, except with the Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, and 3DS XL.

If you're taking this long to go after them for this then you've already lost all credibility.

Not that I think there's any merit here, but this statement is untrue.

There are a multitude of reasons why it might take awhile to file a lawsuit. You have to evaluate the technology and determine how close it is to what you have. Have a few experts look at it and support your claim (which might mean shopping around until you can find enough who do). Find a law firm that's willing to take on the case (which can mean a lot of explaining of technical lingo and a lot of bargaining on how to pay for the lawsuit/divvy up the winnings). Then, there's a few months of "good faith" efforts to negotiate with the offending party to come to an agreement out of court (so that when/if you do go to court, you can show you're not just out for a payday, that you did make reasonable efforts to work with the offending party beforehand).

So right now my PC is connected to two monitors so I guess I'm infringing on this patent! OH NO!!!

Software patents make no sense because software is already considered intellectual property under copyright law. What else is covered under both? It's not like I can patent a style of music. No, I can only copyright individual songs and go after people who use that song's melody or lyrics in a song they claim authorship of.

So right now my PC is connected to two monitors so I guess I'm infringing on this patent! OH NO!!!

Software patents make no sense because software is already considered intellectual property under copyright law. What else is covered under both? It's not like I can patent a style of music. No, I can only copyright individual songs and go after people who use that song's melody or lyrics in a song they claim authorship of.

Back in 924 BC, I patented the use of audio tones used in collaboration with each other to make sounds that have a recognizable rhythm and/or beat that may or may not be accompanied by vocal projections to make what will one day be called music....a term that I also be patented.